Green Lantern is my favorite, followed by Captain America. The others...meh.
Favourite 2011 superhero film...
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Cap came first: Peggy Carter 
then X-Men FC and Thor tied second.
and if Conan counts, then why doesn't Transformers? that's had and still has numerous comics!
then X-Men FC and Thor tied second.
and if Conan counts, then why doesn't Transformers? that's had and still has numerous comics!
Cap is still the only one I've seen. Liked it a lot. 
Maybe I'll check out Conan and Thor on DVD.
Maybe I'll check out Conan and Thor on DVD.
Yeah Red Skull is pure evil and was always meant to be evil since he was always a Nazi. There isn't meant to be any redeeming qualities to him. He wants nothing more than ultimte power to dominate the world. He's one of the few villains that actually is pure villain and nothing else.
I loved Thor, but as good as it was, X-Men and Cap just blew it away.
And how is "Super" not a part of this list?
Agreed.
Cap came first: Peggy Carter
She's certainly a persuasive argument for the choice.
especially since she was up against the combined forces of Natalie Portman and Kat Dennings in Thor...
Dennings was hot, but didn't get much more of a role than Wisecracking Sidekick.
Portman was implausible in the role and therefore a weak love interest. Hayley Atwell, OTOH, looks like she should be painted on the nose of a prop-driven bomber...in stockings with garter.
Portman was implausible in the role and therefore a weak love interest. Hayley Atwell, OTOH, looks like she should be painted on the nose of a prop-driven bomber...in stockings with garter.
I actually liked Thor more than Captain America. I thought Thor had a great deal of humanity and I think that was largely attributable to Kenneth Branagh. The film could have been a lot worse, but I think Branagh understood the basics of the character. The universe of Thor is inherently silly, and the film is not horribly serious. It strikes a nice tonal balance.
Plus, I thought the acting all around was commendable, and Tom Hiddleston did a great job at humanizing Loki and making him sympathetic. On top of that, you have an entire cast that is top notch. Chris Hemsworth was totally credible in the role and he had a lot of charisma that was almost infectious.
There were also moments in Thor that had a lot of heart and excitement. For example, when Thor is unable to retrieve Mjolnir, it's sympathetically sad and a great character moment. Then when Thor actually is able retrieve Mjolnir and becomes "The Mighty Avenger" again it's a really sweepingly heroic moment that manages to bring a smile to my face every time it happens.
For some reason Captain America felt very flat to me. The production design is incredible and the cinematography is wonderful. The period look adds a lot of distinct flavor and it honestly feels at times like an Indiana Jones film. However, it lacks the wit and spark of those Indy pictures. Chris Evans just fails to have the charisma of Harrison Ford or even Chris Hemsworth. The film is very pretty to look at, but all of it seems oddly manufactured and fake. There isn't a moment, like in Thor, where I feel like the character has reached rock bottom and then has a wonderfully heroic revival that makes me want to grin from ear-to-ear and cheer. I'm not saying every comic-book movie needs to have those moments, but the point is that Thor was able to conjure emotions out of me- sadness, excitement- and Captain America just flat out didn't conjure anything but an admiration of the technical prowess clearly at display.
Of course, both of these films are eclipsed by X-Men: First Class in my humble opinion.
Plus, I thought the acting all around was commendable, and Tom Hiddleston did a great job at humanizing Loki and making him sympathetic. On top of that, you have an entire cast that is top notch. Chris Hemsworth was totally credible in the role and he had a lot of charisma that was almost infectious.
There were also moments in Thor that had a lot of heart and excitement. For example, when Thor is unable to retrieve Mjolnir, it's sympathetically sad and a great character moment. Then when Thor actually is able retrieve Mjolnir and becomes "The Mighty Avenger" again it's a really sweepingly heroic moment that manages to bring a smile to my face every time it happens.
For some reason Captain America felt very flat to me. The production design is incredible and the cinematography is wonderful. The period look adds a lot of distinct flavor and it honestly feels at times like an Indiana Jones film. However, it lacks the wit and spark of those Indy pictures. Chris Evans just fails to have the charisma of Harrison Ford or even Chris Hemsworth. The film is very pretty to look at, but all of it seems oddly manufactured and fake. There isn't a moment, like in Thor, where I feel like the character has reached rock bottom and then has a wonderfully heroic revival that makes me want to grin from ear-to-ear and cheer. I'm not saying every comic-book movie needs to have those moments, but the point is that Thor was able to conjure emotions out of me- sadness, excitement- and Captain America just flat out didn't conjure anything but an admiration of the technical prowess clearly at display.
Of course, both of these films are eclipsed by X-Men: First Class in my humble opinion.
I haven't seen Captain America yet, so I can't comment, but I think you grasped much of what made Thor work for me as well. Amongst all the epic, the mystic, the cosmic, it had a very human heart beating. Something to ground it and make it relatable. Not only the decisions Branaugh made (who has experience with making something old and epic relatable and human), but the actors, especially Thor, communicated this exceedingly well. I'll put Thor up there with the truly great superhero films because of that.
I found Thor mediocre, schematic and superficial.
There are differences of opinion. I'm far more pleased with Green Lantern than most were. I personally believe it's gotten something of a raw deal.
It's also schematic and its script leaves very little unremarked upon; it's almost like a pre-Abrams Star Trek movie in that respect. Nonetheless I liked it best...although seeing Captain America a couple more times could tip the balance for me. It's nearly perfect - as Ebert observed, they expended the effort to make an actual movie instead of just an installment in the studio's comic book franchise. Who'd expect that?
Hmm this was a really hard one, but in the end I had to go with First Class, mainly because the X-Men are some of my favorite superheroes. Then after that would be Captain America and Thor, tied for a very close second, followed by Emerald Knights, All Star Superman, and last but not least Green Hornet. I really enjoyed all of these movies, so there really isn't a huge difference in the amount of enjoyment I got from FC compared to Green Hornet. The ones I didn't list are missing only because I haven't seen them yet.